Linguistic and cultural adaptation into European Portuguese of swal-qol and swal-care outcomes tool for adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia

Dysphagia can lead to symptoms like malnutrition, dehydration and aspiration pneumonia, and knowledge about the swallowing disorder can improve the patients’ quality of life. This paper reports the adaptation into European Portuguese of SWAL-QOL, which assesses the quality of life, and SWAL-CARE, fo...

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Main Author: Antunes,Eva Bolle (author)
Other Authors: Vieira,Daniela (author), Dinis-Ribeiro,Mário (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0871-34132015000100002
Country:Portugal
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